Basket



H. H. ROOF Jan. 15, 1957 BASKET Filed Dec. 17, 1954 :als

Unite rates Patent BASKET Harold H. Roof, Lexington, S. C.

Application December 17, 1954, Serial No. 475,399

3 Claims. (Cl. 217-425) This invention relates to improvements in baskets, and more particularly to an improved fruit basket.

The main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved basket to contain fruit or similar objects, said basket being simple in construction, being inexpensive to manufacture, and involving a minimum number of parts.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved fruit basket which is sturdy in construction, which is neat in appearance, and which can be constructed ot inexpensive material, such as wood veneer, sti strawboard, or similar flexible sheet material.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of an improved fruit basket constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figmre 2 is an enlarged vertical cross sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure l.

Figure 3 is an enlarged horizontal cross sectional View taken on the line 3--3 of Figure l.

Figure 4 is a plan view, to a reduced scale, showing the major components or the main body of the basket of Figures l to 3 before the assembly of said components.

Referring to the drawings, the basket is designated generally at 11 and comprises a main body consisting of a pair of overlapping transversely ext-ending strips 12 and 13 of iiexible sheet material, such as wood veener, or the like, said strips 12 and 13 having the upstanding side wall flaps 14, l@ and 15, 15 which are overlapped in the same manner as the intermediate portions of the strips 12 and 13, the strips 12 and 13 being similar in size, and the iiaps 14, 14 being similar in size to the aps 15, 15.

Designated at 16 is a longitudinally extending strip of liexible sheet material having the intermediate portion 17 overlying the intermediate portions of the irst-named strips 12 and 13, and having the upstanding end wall liaps 18, 13. The intermediate portion 17 of the strip 16 is secured to the overlapped portions of the strips 12 and 13 by suitable fasteners 19, such as suitable nails which are inserted from below through the strips and which are bent over at their pointed ends, as shown at 20, to secure the overlapped strips together. A sufcient number of fasteners 19 are employed to provide a rigid connection for the overlapped portions of the strips 16, 13 and 12.

Designated at 20 is a transversely extending handle comprising a pair of strips 2l, 22 of iiexible material, such as wood veneer or the like, said strips 21 and 22 being superimposed and being bent into the form shown in Figure l, whereby the superimposed strips have the depending ends 23 and 24 disposed inwardly adjacent the overlapping portions of the upstanding wall flaps of the transverse strips 12 and 13. The depending ends 23 and 24 of the handle 23 are connected to the over- 'lapped portions of the transverse strips by suitable iCjC fasteners such as by staples 25, as shown in Figures l and 2. Designated at 26 and 27 are respective inner and outer border strips of flexible material, such as wood veneer or the like, which are disposed inwardly and outwardly of the top marginal portions of the upstauding wall flaps 14, 14, 15, 15 and 1S, 18, said border strips extending around the enclosure deiined by the wall flaps and being secured to the upper marginal portions of said iiaps by suitable fasteners, such as nails 2S. Suitable fasteners, such as Vstaples 29 lare employed to secure the inner and outer border strips to the overlapped inter* mediate portions of the upstanding wall aps 14 and 15 and the depending portions 23 and 24 of the handle 2", as is clearly shown in Figures l, 2 and 3. As shown in Figure l, the ends of the respective inner and outer border strips 26 and 27 are overlapped and are fastened together by the same fasteners employed to secure the border strips to the top marginal portions of the upstanding wall flaps.

As shown in Figure l, since the border strip 26 is of flexible material, said border strip is deformed to engage the outer border strip 27 at the corners of the basket, as shown at 30, and is similarly deformed adjacent the depending ends 23 and 24 ot the handle Ztl, as shown at 31, so that the inner border strip 26 presents a substantially smooth conguration around the entire upper inner marginal portion of the receptacle.

As will be further apparent from Figure 2, the upstanding wall aps are inclined upwardly and outwardly, whereby the basket tapers slightly downwardly in internal cross sectional area.

While a specific embodiment of an improved fruit basket has been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modications within the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A basket comprising a pair ot transversely extending strips of flexible sheet material which overlap each other and which have upstanding side wall flaps at their opposite ends which also overlap each other, a longitudinally extending strip of exible sheet material overlying the intermediate portions ci said first-named strips, said last-named strip having upstanding end wall flaps subsantially the same in height as said first-named upstanding naps, means connecting the overlapped intermediate portions of the transverse strips and the long"- tudinal strip, a transversely extending handle strap haT depending ends disposed inwardly adjacent the o. a lapping portions of the upstanding wall flaps of the AFirstnamed strips, means connecting said depending ends to said overlapping portions of the upstanding wall naps of said rst-narned strips, and means connecting the top margins of said upstanding wall flaps.

2. A basket comprising a pair of transversely extending strips ot flexible sheet material which overlap each other and which have upstanding side wall tlaps at their opposite ends which also overlap each other, a longitudinally extendinU strip of ilexible sheetk material overlying the intermediate portions of said tiret-named strips, said last-named strip having upstanding end wall substantially the same in height as said first-named upstanding aps, means connecting the overlapped intermediate portions of the transverse strips and the longitudinal strip, a transversely extending handle strap having depending ends disposed inwardly adjacent the overlapping portions of the upstanding wall aps of the firstnamed strips, means connecting said depending ends to said overlapping portions of the 'opstanding wall aps Patented Jan. 15, 1,957

of said first-named strips, and a border strip of flexible material extending along and secured to the top margins of said upstanding wail aps, said border strip transversely overlying and being'connected to said depending ends of said handle strap.

3. A basket eo'nprising a pair of transversely' exterieing strips of iiexible sheet material which overlap each other and which have upstanding side Wali aps at their opposite ends which also overlap each other, a lengi tndinaily extending strip of flexible sheet material overlying the intermediate portions of said irsenamed strips,

said last-named strip having upstanding end Wall iiapsv substantially the same in height as said rst-named npstanding iiaps, means connecting the overlapped intermediate portions of the transverse strips and the longitudinal strip, a transversely extending handle strap having depending ends disposed inwardly adjacent the overlapping portions of the npstanding wall aps of the first-named stripsmeans connecting said depending ends to said overlapping portions of the upstan-ding Wall flaps of saidfrst named strips, respective inner and outer border strips of flexible material extending along and secured to the top margins of said npstanding waii iiaps, the inner border strip transversely overlying and being connected to said depending ends of said handle strap, said inner and outer border strips being disposed respectively inside and ontside of said top margains, and means securing the outer border strip to said depending ends and to the overlapping portions et said wall flaps.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 186,759 Roberts Ian. 30, 1877 418,684 Clark Ian. 7, 1890 1,927,008 Brainard Sept. 12, 1933 2,436,271 Simmons Feb. 17, 1948 

